[CS-FSLUG] Pray for Ecuador

[Josiah Ritchie]

On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 11:34 -0500, Stephen J. McCracken wrote:
> Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> > Passing the word... Thanks for keeping us abreast of the situation.
> > JSR/
> > 
> > On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 23:31 -0500, Stephen J. McCracken wrote:
> > 
> >>Please pray for Ecuador right now.  Tonight a State of Emergency has
> >>been declared for Quito and, in effect, President Gutierrez has declared
> >>himself a dictator according to various mayors and representatives by
> 
> In order to keep you informed, the state of emergency was withdrawn (it
> was basically ignored by many protestors anyway) but the protests
> against the government are spreading to other major cites in the country
> besides Quito.

Was this simply sparked by the self-decleration of the leader as a
dictator? What in the governmental structure will prevent such action
(for that matter, what is the form of government?) I'll gladly mention
this in prayer meeting tonight.

JSR/